This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts
…To address that, Sabi is building a type of large-scale AI model called a brain foundation model, which is trained on extensive neural data from many people to learn fundamental patterns…
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These New Smart Glasses From Ex-OnePlus Engineers Have a Hidden Cost
…Talking with Chen, I pose a question. If his Kickstarter got delayed twice, one model got canceled, and now he's saying the company will eventually charge an unspecified amount more for…
Oura’s New Ring 5 Is Smaller and Lighter—and Adds an AI Health Coach
The Ring 5 is available for preorder today and begins shipping June 4. It starts at $399 in silver and black, while premium finishes—Stealth, Brushed Silver, an updated Gold, and a…
Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck
…An employee had assigned the agent to analyze a technical question posted to an internal forum by another staffer. But the agent also posted an answer to that question—without its user…
Mammotion’s Spino E1 Is Affordable but Doesn’t Quite Deliver
Buy Now Multiple Buying Options Available Rating: 6 /10 WIRED Good (not great) price. Very maneuverable thanks to smaller size and weight. Easy cleanup. Docks at the water line for retrieval, at…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
…Three AI models powering NameTag have already been deployed from Meta's servers and now reside on its customers' phones, according to WIRED’s analysis, which was independently reproduced by outside experts…
You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress
The Chinese manufacturer Unitree Robotics, among the most active robot-makers in the field, is preparing to bring its most affordable model, the Unitree R1, to international markets through Alibaba Group's…
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…When PIRG researchers posed as ‘PIRG AI Toy Inc.,’ requesting access to the AI models to build products for kids, Google, Meta, xAI, and OpenAI asked “no substantive vetting questions” as part…
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
…some of the most advanced lab equipment available, to hunt for usable intel on the brain’s architecture. They plan to release the models they’re currently developing as near-term products…
New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
…Air permit modeling is based on the scenario of a power plant constantly running at full capacity. That’s rarely the reality for grid-connected power plants, as turbines go offline for…